City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was caught on video in Auburndale last month giving an expletive-laced tongue lashing to a car shop, but instead of letting the incident fade quietly into the past, he has worn it as a badge of honor at subsequent public appearances. “I’m not f—ing joking,” Halloran can be heard saying [...]

The city public advocate is calling on the federal government to shut down the controversial immigration detention center in Springfield Gardens and rethink its partnership with the private organization that runs it. Bill de Blasio and a host of other New York elected officials gathered in Manhattan last Thursday to protest the GEO Group, which [...]

Queens roads are in the worst shape in the city, according to a new study by city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. Of more than 80,000 calls to 311 this year requesting road repairs, more than 22,000 were about Queens streets, the report found. The city has witnessed a 56 percent increase in pothole complaints [...]

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) visited Corona’s PS 19 last week and collected about 100 signatures from parents and students within an hour imploring Mayor Michael Bloomberg not to fire 4,100 teachers from city schools. He then took his call for action to the borough streets last Thursday. [...]

The city public advocate is taking his fight against the city’s worst landlords, many of whom are in southeast Queens, to the World Wide Web in order to help tenants avoid the headaches of moving into poorly maintained apartments. Bill de Blasio laid out a multipoint plan last week that he said would punish those [...]

City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio brought his vision of a New York City government that treats all five boroughs as equal to the Queensboro Hill Civic Association last week. Speaking before a full house at the Palace Diner, at 60-15 Main St., de Blasio, the second-highest-ranking city official, discussed ways for improving how the [...]

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